It's now no longer critical and nor is it thinking

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the idea of critical thinking as a measurable skill that can be taught and evaluated. It is argued that critical thinking cannot be simply taught, that students are more likely to learn to think critically by engaging with their own experiences, and that measurable, predictable outcomes have no place in an intellectually engaged environment such as an university.

Analysis, Study and teaching, Critical thinking

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The thought police are among us

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Is the right to offend included in academic freedom? Article includes arguments that liberalism blocks free expression on campus and that if ideas which offend us are not challenged, we risk opening the doors to extremists.

Students, College, College teachers, College faculty, College students, Civil rights, Liberalism, Academic freedom, Teaching, Freedom of

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